Tag Archives: gender equality
Why I’m a Feminist, Part I in a Convoluted and Probably Ongoing Series
Tweet“You have an opinion on everything. You have something to say about everything,” an old roommate, who I’ll call Deadhead, said to me as I stood over where he sat on the couch, with my house-keys in my hand and my arm raised. “You hate men, don’t you? You hate me, don’t you? You want [...]
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Tired of Street Harassment? Here’s Something You Can Do
TweetOne sunny, spring afternoon, I ran through a neighborhood near my college. Lost in my thoughts, I was startled to hear, “I like how your tits bounce when you run,” from a white guy in his 20s who was standing on a driveway with his friends. My initial shock at hearing such vulgar language was [...]
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Space, bodies, and the attack on women
Tweet*TRIGGER WARNING: sexism, rape, rape culture, abortion* I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, and I’m going to put some thoughts out there to potentially open up a discourse on the recent issues affecting vaginas in the United States. This is not intended to start arguments, but rather challenge how we approach trans*masculine involvement [...]
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Book review: Delusions of Gender
TweetMy mother is fond of telling a story. Her first child, she had me in her early twenties. Highly influenced by the Feminist thought of the 1970’s, Mom was convinced she would raise me quite differently. The first major challenge to her beliefs arrived not far into the process of parenthood. Like the little boy [...]
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This is the century for women and gender equality